Ambition

Zhang Yang looked much better than Zhang Tie had imagined. He lay in bed with one foot wrapped in thick gauze, suspended by a support frame beside the bed. A small piece of tape was stuck above the outer corner of his left eye. Aside from his limited mobility, he seemed to be in no serious trouble.

Zhang Yang was recounting his kidnapping from two days ago to Zhang Tie. Although he was the victim, he could only recall a few fragmented scenes of the entire ordeal.

"It was already evening. Several employees at the merchant group had finished their shifts and left, so I stayed behind to reconcile the day's shipping manifests. While I was organizing the documents, three men entered the shop. I thought they were customers at first, so I didn't have much guard up. They asked if I was Zhang Yang, and when I said yes, everything went black, and I lost consciousness..."

Zhang Yang spoke with a hint of shame, but Zhang Tie understood. His older brother was only at level five, not even level six, and had not yet condensed his Battle Qi. In front of several level seven or eight Warriors, he truly had no power to resist, much like an ordinary person. It was far too easy for those men to launch a surprise attack at close range and knock his brother out with a single strike.

"What happened after that?"

"When I came to, I was already in a car with those three men. My hands and feet were bound, and my mouth was taped shut. I could feel the car moving fast, but I had no idea where we were. It felt like we were still somewhere near Jinhai City. When they saw I was awake, they ripped the tape